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I am in receipt of your letter to the Administrator dated October 31 requesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) review and comment on a General Accounting Office (GAO) report. The report is entitled "Federal Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation Programs' (GAO/RCED-89-39). Pursuant to Public Law 96-226, I provide the following response.

Appropriate Agency staff have reviewed the report and the Agency has no comment on the substance of the report. EPA maintains an active innovation research program, and anticipates release of the final report.

I appreciate the opportunity to review and comment on the report.

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We appreciate the opportunity to comment on the draft GAO report, Federal
Research: Evaluation of Small Business Innovation Programs (GAO/RCED-89-39).
The report provides an excellent overview of the Small Business Innovation
Research (SBIR) programs, and we are pleased that the participating agencies
reported favorable results.

We agree with the overall findings and have no recommendations for revision
to the draft report.

Sincerely,

Victor Stello, Jr.
Executive Director
for Operations

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As requested by your letter of October 31, 1988, we have reviewed your draft report entitled "Federal Research: Evaluation of Small business Innovation Programs (GAO/RCED 89-39) and have no comments.

We appreciate the opportunity to comment on this report.

Sincerely,

Charles R Gillum
Inspector General

Major Contributors to This Report

Resources,
Community, and

Economic

Flora H. Milans, Associate Director (202) 376-9715
Lowell Mininger, Group Director
Dave Balderston, Evaluator-In-Charge
Richard Frankel, Scientist/Evaluator
George Schollenberger, Evaluator

Development Division, Joshua Lerner, Science Policy Analyst
Washington, D.C.

Fran Featherston, Social Science Analyst
Larry Curtis, Evaluator

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U.S. G.P.0. 1989-241-164:80371 Page 187

GAO/RCED-89-39 Assessment of SBIR Programs

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